Pro Strategy Football 2021

At the time of this review I have 14 hours in the game. I cannot recommend this game at this time. The real fun and unique part of the game is that you can take teams from different eras and play them in a season with teams of that season. I took the 85 bears and played them in this year's football season. If that has a huge draw for you, then the game might be worth the money. The issue with the game is there is no active play, it is really all strategy. That would be fine if the strategy was deeper. The problem is the draft/FA/play design/depth charts/rosters are all shallow. If you are looking for a game where you can make meaningful decisions for a football team look someplace else. I will quickly go over the things missing. The rosters are not full. You have to have X or Y of each position and there is no changing players positions or moving guys to other positions. The offense play design only allows you grab routes from similar depths. So you can have deep routes, a...

This is a very immersive football sim. I have been playing OOTP and FM for over a decade, so I know my sports sims. This one does a lot of things right, and even the things it comes up short with (like an expansive career and free agency mode and some more refined graphics) are not necessarily parts of the game I've missed so far. It's the little things in the sim engine that keep me coming back. It's the way you can replay a historic NFL season -which you can download as a mod- and get realistic results. Heck, I haven't even seen these players play in real life but it is very immersive to replay the 1978 or 1982 season and look up all those stars of the past. Match engine is solid and fun, even though the way the plays are portrayed is cartoony and kinda 90's arcade style (which i love..I still think NHL 94 is the best sports game I've played) and it somehow fits. Surprisingly good coaching tools at your disposal too. I'm not an NFL expert but there are many plays and the way you ca...

It took me a playthrough or two to get used to things, but after about a half hour I was finding mods and getting in depth. I really fell in love deep with this game and I fell hard. GREAT GAME! It's hard to compare it to other titles. I adore Grey Dog Software's simulators and stuff like Out of the Park Baseball which take a real wide lens approach to it's sport of choice and have you making in most cases TONS of decisions that lead to success or failure and effect the entire in-game world as a whole. With OOTPB I get my kicks from playing for years and decades, seeing how my teams stack up how many championships I can win and how many great rookies I can develop over time and follow their careers. This isn't that. I also love games like Madden (even in this year's game which was rated very poorly by critics I've racked up over 150 hours) where you directly control the on field action with great gameplay where I actually feel like a wiz QB or a stud running back or a killer ...

This is a superb American Football game, absolutely brilliant. The attention to detail to plays you can call is amazing, you can practically set any play you want to run. You can send players in motion, blitz individual players, keep players in to block. The game realistically follows what would happen in a real game. You can scout the team you are playing against and adjust your game plan accordingly. You can call the plays you want and can even set the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator to suggest plays to you. The best part for me is the career option when you can be the head coach and take your team through as many seasons as you want. The offseason in the game is just as good as the actual season. You can analyse your teams strengths and weaknesses and scout up and coming players in the draft. The draft system is terrific, will you be able to get that player you need? You can also trade your draft picks with other teams to move up and down the draft, or trade your p...

This is a wonderful hidden gem of a game that I stumbled upon last year! This new version has improved the game in every way. At its core, it is an amazing coaching simulation for american football, but has had the management side greatly expanded. I play by letting the CPU control all teams and I act as the commish. Watching games play out this the best aspect of this game, combined with its streamlined management mode (career mode). It is extremely customizable as well, in terms of league structures, playoffs, schedules, audio, graphics. The developer is really receptive to suggestions and is a pleasure to communicate with. This sky's the limit for this game! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

If this game covered itself in milk and sprinkled on a bit of sugar it still wouldn't be my cup of tea. Having said that it does have potential, just not yet. Let's see what 2022 brings but for now, not recommended

This is a fantastic football sim! It gets all the little details right. If you want to play the NCAA mod, it gets the college overtime rules right. If you want to play the NFL mod, players perform like they do in real life. Play against the Ravens and Lamar Jackson will run on you. The graphics are dated, but I think that adds to the charm of this game. To me, it's the on field game play that matters most anyway, and this games is rock solid there. The developer is active on the boards and very responsive. I posted an issue I saw with sacks and he responded immediately and a few hours later said he found and fixed the issue! This is a must have for any fan of true simulation football.

The best way I can describe this, is like playing coach mode on Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES, but with the ability to customize and mod everything. I've played one season so far, using the 1988 NFL mod, and played as the 49ers. It was a fun, nostalgic trip back to the days when the NFL was actually worth following. Pros: Simplicity. Easy to manage, easy to figure out. If you're looking for a really in-depth management sim like Football Manager, this isn't it. Mods. The ONLY way to play this game, in my opinion. Grab some of the NFL mods from your favourite eras and go for it. Cons: The visuals of the game being played out can be very awkward sometimes. You'll see phantom tackles/sacks, the ball will seem like it's going to be intercepted or incomplete, only for the receiver to apparently magically catch it. Sometimes other weirdness happens. It's not a huge con though. Smaller rosters than real life. Again it's where it feels like Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES. Also ...

TLDR: At bottom. I love this game. Right off the bat I want to make it clear that this is more of a coach / match simulator than a management sim, as I think that is important to note before entering the game, incase you are expecting something different than what it is. I would love to see more management mechanics introduced, such as mid season trading, roster changes etc, and I believe there are discussion threads saying new things will be looked at for the next version of the game. For what the game is though, its a very enjoyable sim, with realistic match outcomes. I currently play a sim only league with the NFL and Draft mods. So I haven't even touched the real meat and potatoes of the game with the ingame play calling You can play / sim individual matches, or run a single season; My main and only game mode is as below; Career mode will have you choose a team and sim / coach your way through a normal NFL season, when it comes to management mechanics you will have the followin...

Though it isn't as polished as some sports sims, there's a lot of fun to be had here. Let's start with the presentation of actual games, which is done in the fun and colorful side-scroll style of the old Tecmo Bowl games. Some of the outstanding community mods make NFL stadiums, logos, and uniforms available, or just design your own. The games are pleasant to look at, and strike a balance between simulator and fun/video game. In my opinion, it's the best visual representation of games in the (surprisingly small) football sim market. Playcalling can be complex if you want and you can even design your own plays, but I've found the "simplified" mode works just fine - I can tell the computer to pick an inside or outside run, or a short, medium, or long pass, with a few other options. Or if you only want to call plays on one side of the ball, you can have the computer suggest plays for you - a technique I've employed after watching my defenses give up too many long, frustrating drives. ...